CVE-2005-0403
init_dev in tty_io.c in the Red Hat backport of NPTL to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 does not properly clear controlling tty's in multi-threaded applications, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly gain tty access via unknown attack vectors that trigger an access of a pointer to a freed structure.
- EPSS
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 34% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- redhat:enterprise_linux
- redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop
References
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-293.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=144059
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9435
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-293.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=144059